In late October I spotted a window in the weather where the sun might shine for a few hours, so I drove across to Edington and parked...

Having already explored Oldbury Camp and the area around the Lansdowne monument on Cherhill Down, I wanted to take a look at Ranscombe...

This walk scrapes into Wiltshire by the skin of its teeth. In fact I parked my car in Hampshire but within 100 metres managed to escape...

By Paul Timlett If I had to choose my favourite part of Wiltshire, the Vale of Pewsey and its downs would be a serious contender. Its...

The hills around Warminster sit on the edge of the wide expanse of Salisbury Plain and contain an incredible amount of history. While...

A walk in the historic countryside around Castle Combe in Wiltshire

In late 2018 I released the first Hidden Wiltshire book. To my great surprise, it sold very well and generated quite a lot of local...

Furze Knoll is an enigma to me. It is such a unique, prominent wooded knoll, but it does not seem to have anything of historical...

Hidden among trees at the base of Luccombe Bottom is a beautiful spring. It gushes free flowing, chalk filtered clear water into an...

This time of year sees many wild orchids come into flower on the slopes of Wiltshire's downland and Parsonage Down is no exception. I've...

Apart from a description of my walk together with accompanying photographs, in this blog you’ll find a few comments about privacy rules...

While walking on Picquet Hill above Edington, I noticed a long barrow marked on the map nearby. It was situated on Tinhead Hill quite...

By Paul Timlett That’s the thing about my blogs. Nothing for weeks then two come along at once. But now that travel restrictions have...

Swallowhead Springs is a bit of a mystery to me. I have heard whispers of a spring near Silbury Hill from many different people over the...

This blog was updated with additional information and a route map on 1 December 2021. Since this is a blog about walking and photography...

As I write this, today is ANZAC day 2020, where Australia and New Zealand commemorate their men and women from the Armed Forces who paid...

By Fred Palmer I’ve lived in Wiltshire all my life, and have often seen individual pillboxes in fields and by streams, but never known...

Bratton Camp I thought I’d submit this little blog about my photographic reflections following nearly two weeks (or is it two centuries)...

On Thursday 6 February I woke to a thick fog. I hadn’t planned to go out photographing this day but it was too good an opportunity to...

Old and New By Paul Timlett I feel a deep sadness every time I visit Imber. Over the 25 years that I’ve lived in the area I’ve been to...